Josh Brolin

Watch "Sin City: A Dame to Kill For" with the dialogue muted, and it would make as much sense as the film does with full sound. The best reason to see it is certainly the stunning, unique visual style created by comic book legend Frank Miller and maverick director Robert Rodriguez. The black, white and red palette is perfect for the hard-boiled crime stories, which are full of brooding, blood and broads. With some of the comic-based segments serving as prequels to the original "Sin City" film and some as sequels, the timeline is complicated to the point of being indecipherable. Many characters have been re-cast since the first film (Josh Brolin now has Clive...

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